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Cookielover4k t1_jdnebun wrote

Reply to comment by lancelongstiff in TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7

Why did they ban Monster Mash???

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lancelongstiff t1_jdnrh7t wrote

"the BBC failed to see the funny side and banned the song for being too morbid"

It was in the early sixties and they were very conservative back in those days.

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